May 24th, 2007 by Ann Walker
Teen crisis intervention starts long before drugs show up. It starts with communication, education, and clear rules and a clear outline of consequences. Parents are gathering up every tool they can to fight potential drug problems and one controversial tool that just made it into the arsenal are home drug testing kits.
However, parents are being […]
May 24th, 2007 by Ann Walker
Specialty schools are around for good reason. There are special children. Not “special” in the PC sense of the word but special in the sense that these teenagers offer extraordinary talent, sharp and vivid intellect, rare gifts of genius. They are the sterling individuals who do not need to slug it out in the morass […]
May 24th, 2007 by Ann Walker
Troubled teenagers are an easy mark for marketers and advertisers these days. Apparently the widespread ravages attributable to teen age drug abuse are of little consequence next to the bottom line.
“According to 2005 California Healthy Kids Survey, more teens smoke marijuana than cigarettes in San Diego County.”
No wonder parents didn’t appreciate the latest advertising campaign […]